SPIRIT OF AMERICA WORLDWIDE

Spirit of America's mission is to support the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help. Our support helps US troops and diplomats improve security and stability, build goodwill, and increase the wellbeing of those most at risk of extremism and conflict.
Broadly speaking, we define success as helping America improve global security, peace, and prosperity. Spirit of America's operational success is based upon the varied objectives of the US personnel we support, the nature of their diverse missions, and the ways in which they seek to help local populations and partners. We also measure our success against the goal of building Spirit of America's capacity to respond whenever and wherever needed to support US missions abroad. Finally, success means institutionalizing Spirit of America in how the US operates abroad. This goal requires us being viewed as an enduring partner by all levels of the military and government as a whole.

To have a tangible impact on US mission success, our field team works alongside US government and military teams to fully understand the complex problem sets they are tackling and the shortfalls in resourcing they face, with the sole purpose of delivering targeted support from the American people and private sector. Our field team brings in outside experts to provide advice on best practices and locally-appropriate solutions.
To ensure we have the capacity to respond wherever and whenever needed, we aggressively pursue funding from a diverse array of donors, from grassroots support to foundations to high net worth individuals, through a combination of social media and web-based outreach, grant proposals, and individualized informational sessions and meetings.
In pursuit of our goal of institutionalizing Spirit of America in how the US operates abroad, we have signed memoranda of agreement/understanding with numerous military commands and we participate in military training programs. Additionally, we socialize our approach with personnel at all levels of the military and civilian components of government both through larger-scale briefings and smaller interactions.

Spirit of America's field operations are conducted by US military veterans, many of whom have extensive experience in Iraq, Afghanistan, and/or other security and stability operations. They are aided in their efforts by Spirit of America's partnership with the Gerson Lehrman Group, a New York based consulting firm with 300,000+ subject matter experts in every field imaginable around the world. On a case by case basis, we also enlist the help of other advisers and partner organizations.

Our CEO takes on a primary fundraising role, supported by both internal administrative staff, who lead social media outreach and grassroots engagements, and our Board of Directors, which provides assistance with foundations and high net worth individuals.

In addition, Spirit of America is aided greatly in both areas by its active boards of directors and advisers. These groups are comprised of high level former military and State Department officials, current and former members of Congress, stability practitioners, businesspeople, and academics, all of whom provide considerable input regarding operations, fundraising, and institutionalization.

To date, Spirit of America has devised and implemented projects in partnership with US government elements working around the globe: from Africa to the Middle East to the Asia Pacific to Latin America to Europe. In doing so, we have established agreements with major military commands, and we have forged strong relationships with bureaus of the State Department. We have proven that our model of support is highly valued and highly effective in the world's most challenging environments.

The question is now one of scale: expanding Spirit of America's field operations and building our capacity to respond whenever and wherever needed to support needs identified by US personnel abroad. SoA is able to scale because we have established a proven model of operation, trusted relationships with all levels of US personnel, and legal approvals and operating agreements with military commands. And, the infrastructure required to scale SoA is in place: thousands of US personnel are already deployed and working on tough security problems. Spirit of America builds on and leverages investments already being made by the US government.